Global InformationAustralian Survivor information
| Australian Survivor | |
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| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | Charlie Parsons |
| Based on | Expedition Robinson/Survivor by Charlie Parsons |
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| Starring | Australian Survivor contestants |
| Theme music composer | Jack Robin (2002)[1] Jay Stewart (2006)[2] Russ Landau (2016–present) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 246 (and 2 specials) |
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| Production location | see below |
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| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 3 February – 15 May 2002 |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | 17 August – 2 November 2006 |
| Network | Network 10 |
| Release | 21 August 2016 – present |
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Australian Survivor is an Australian adventure reality game show based on the international Survivor format. Following the premise of other versions of the Survivor format, the show features a group of contestants, referred to as "castaways" as they are marooned in an isolated location. The castaways must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in various challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted off the island by their fellow castaways. The final castaway remaining is awarded the title of "Sole Survivor" and the grand prize of A$500,000.
The series first aired in 2002 on the Nine Network, who as of 2023[update], also hold the first-run Australian broadcast rights to the American edition of Survivor. In 2006, a celebrity edition aired on the Seven Network. Both iterations of the series only lasted one season due to low ratings.[9]
In November 2015, Network Ten announced at its network upfronts that it would be reviving the series in 2016.[10] The series commenced airing on 21 August 2016. Unlike its predecessors, the series was renewed by Network Ten for another season for 2017,[11] and has continued to be successful since. Most recently, Australian Survivor was renewed for an eleventh season titled Titans V Rebels,[12] which premiered on 29 January 2024,[13] with the season being filmed on the island of Upolu in Samoa.
- ^ "Australian Survivor Archives: Episode 14 - Jack Robin Interview on Apple Podcasts".
- ^ "Jay Stewart Interview - Australian Survivor Season 2 (Australian Celebrity Survivor 2006 Channel 7)". YouTube.
- ^ "Production Credits - Kalgoorie Cops". Crime + Investigation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "Celebrity Survivor joins Seven's new mid-year line-up" (PDF). Seven Network. 30 May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "Credits". TenPlay. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "The Making of Australian Survivor in Queensland – In Conversation with EP Keely Sonntag". Screen Queensland. 23 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ Connery, Tess (30 January 2023). ""One of the hardest environments": Bringing Survivor back to Samoa for Heroes V Villains". Mediaweek. Mediaweek. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Survivor Australia Executive Producer David Forster spills casting secrets". NowToLove. 20 March 2023.
- ^ Knox, David (7 August 2013). "Could Survivor Australia's torch be lit once more?". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ Cronin, Seanna (19 November 2015). "Channel 10 adds Survivor Australia to 2016 reality line-up". Sunshine Coast Daily. Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ Knox, David (22 October 2016). "Renewed: Australian Survivor". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Australian Survivor 2024: Meet the Castaways in Titans V Rebels". 10 Play. Network Ten. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ Knox, David (18 January 2024). "Bumped: Australian Survivor, Deal or No Deal. Update: Gladiators". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 January 2024.